Funny but sweets were my first thing to come back and I never used to eat sweets. I'm not talking about sweety fruits cause they still suck but chocolate type sweets and cookies and cakes and pies and ice cream. Now I have to have dessert with my meals because it's the only food pleasure I really have. Fortunately biking 120 miles a week helps in that department. I do find bananas tasty so I eat at least 1 a day usually blended in a skim choc milkshake, yum. Whew, I've gotten off track here.

Hot spicy foods are not fun and even foods with black pepper are not enjoyable to me. I never really thought about the saliva connection but it sounds plausable. I just attributed to my throat being changed due to the rad.

I can ride my bike 50 miles at 22 mph avg and drink no more liquid than I used to but I do have to drink to talk and eat and I try to have sauces on my food whenever possible.

I still taste the best my first bite and right after I drink a liquid. If I eat several bites in a row my taste sensation really drops off.

I'm not complaining because it wouldn't do any good anyway but I'm just adding my facts to this post.